The Bare Bum Gang and the Valley of Doom

Apr 16, 2025 7:00 PM

Author:Anthony McGowan

Ludo, Noah, Jamie, Phillip and Jennifer are THE BARE BUM GANG! They have an embarrassing name but a cool Gang Den, so things could be worse.

Ludo leads the Bare Bum Gang on a raid through the Valley of Doom, deep in enemy territory. But as they are approaching their target, the BBG are ambushed by the Dockery gang. It looks like they are about to be annihilated (or pelted with mud really hard), but then they are rescued by a strange boy called Alfie. When they get back to their den, they find that their sweet stash has been plundered. The wrappers turn up in Ludo's binocular case. Added to the military fiasco in the Valley of Doom, the sweet theft is the final straw. Can Ludo keep his position as leader of the Bare Bum Gang? Or will he have to resort to desperate measures?

Reviews

It'll "crack" you up

—— Steve Cole, author of the Astrosaurs series

Bare Bum Gang is one of our favourite book series

—— Anorak Magazine

Describes the mingled paranoia and derring-do of den-makers everywhere with evil glee

—— Amanda Craig , The Times

Suzuma is a master storyteller, dealing with her characters in a very realistic and uncompromising way

—— Bookfest

A love story that tackles the reality of young adult depression in a thoughtful and sensitive way

—— Irish Independent

Suzuma's accomplished debut A Note of Madness, told the story of a gifted young pianist diagnosed with bipolar disorder and this sequence follows Flynn in his attempts to keep his life balanced between love, music and medicine

—— The Bookseller

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